GREETINGS FROM HAMPI.
WE TOOK THE 10HR JOURNEY VIA TRAIN TO HAMPI YESTERDAY OH MY GOD... TWO BOYS ON A TRAIN FOR THAT LONG ALMOST....UNMANAGEABLE...I'VE BEEN SICK (UNINDIA RELATED) AND JON HAD THEM MOST OF THE TIME BY THE END THOUGH HE WAS ABOUT TO THROW THEM OUT THE OPEN DOOR OF THE TRAIN... I HOWEVER SLEPT MOST OF THE WAY AND HAD QUITE A PLEASANT JOURNEY!!!
ANYWAY WE CAME TO HAMPI ON THE ADVISE OF A FRIEND AND WOW IS IT AWESOME THE ACTUAL TOURISTY SIGHTS CAN BE SEEN IN A DAY OR TWO BUT TODAY WE WENT DOWN AND HUNG OUT WITH THE WASHING WOMEN AND MEN BATHING AND BEING JON, BANKSIA AND THE BOYS WE TOO JUMPED IN... MIND YOU THE ONLY TOURISTS.
WE'VE ONLY JUST GOTTEN OUT AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR WATCHING THE WOMEN WASH THEIR SARIS AND THE MEN HOLD ONTO EACH OTHER FROM THE BANK AND QUICKLY JUMP IN AND OUT. WE WATCHED THE TEMPLE ELEPHANT THIS MORNING HAVING IT'S MORNING BATH AND SHOWER (LITERALLY SHOWER) PEOPLE WITH BLESSINGS... WE HOWEVER JUST HUNG BACK AND WATCHED I FINALLY DEICDED TO USE THE KIDS AS AN EXCUSE AND PUT THEM IN THE WATER AND SLOWLY EDGED CLOSER TO THE ELEPHANT LYING TOTALLY SUBMERGED UNDER WATER GETTING A WASH BY HER CARETAKER... SLOWLY SLOWLY...WE EDGED CLOSER..SLOWLY, SLOWLY... UNTIL FINALLY WE GOT TO PAT HER AND THEN WATCH HER STEAL THE BOYS BANANAS MUCH TO KINGY'S DISGUST... HE HAS TAKEN TO HOLDING... NOT EATING... BUT HOLDING A BANANA IN EACH FAT LITTLE FIST.
WE WALKED UP THROUGH SOME OF THE AMAZING TEMPLES AND ENDED UP FINDING SOME CHEEKY MONKEYS AND FEEDING THEM OUR BANANAS... LATER ON OUR WALK WE CAME ACROSS SOME MORE AND THOUGH BANANALESS ONE JUMPED UP ONTO XAVO'S LAP..HE DIDNT PAT IT AS WE'VE WARNED HIM ABOUT CHEEKY MONKEY BITES BUT IT SAT THEIR CONTENT ON HIS LAP NONETHELESS.
I THINK WE WILL BE HANGING OUT HERE FOR A WEEK I COULD QUITE HAPPILY SEE MYSSELF JOINING THE WASHER WOMEN CLEANING OUR CLOTHES AND HALF SUBMERGED KEEPING MYSELF CLEAN AND COOL, THE KIDS SLIDING DOWN THE EDGE OF THE ROCKS INTO THE WATER, WATCHING JON CONVERSE WITH THE MEN IN THE SHADE OF AN ANCIENT TREE WATCHING THE WIDE RUNNING RIVER AND HANGING OUT WITH PEOPLE WHO DON'T NECCESSARILY HAVE MUCH BUT WANT FOR NOTHING. WHAT AN EXISTANCE PLEASE ANYONE COMING TO INDIA COME HERE IT IS AMAZING...
XAVIE EVEN SAID THIS MORNING HE LOVES INDIA AND WOULD LOVE TO LIVE HERE ALTHOUGH WHEN PRESSED NOT NECCESSARILY FOREVER.
XAVIE THINKS HES THE ANIMAL WISPERER AND HAS ALL ANIMALS ALL SHAPES AND SIZES COMING TO HIM FOR PATS, CHICKENS, DOGS, CATS, MONKEYS, COWS, AND ELEPHANTS....WHAT A LIFE AND KING DOESN'T KNOW WHERE HE IS BUT IS IN HEAVEN..
WE SHARE A DOUBLE BED BETWEEN FOUR.... WITH FLY NET AND ALL...... AND ARE HAPPY.
WILL KEEP YOU POSTED
LOVE THE BOYS AND BANKSIA
WE TOOK THE 10HR JOURNEY VIA TRAIN TO HAMPI YESTERDAY OH MY GOD... TWO BOYS ON A TRAIN FOR THAT LONG ALMOST....UNMANAGEABLE...I'VE BEEN SICK (UNINDIA RELATED) AND JON HAD THEM MOST OF THE TIME BY THE END THOUGH HE WAS ABOUT TO THROW THEM OUT THE OPEN DOOR OF THE TRAIN... I HOWEVER SLEPT MOST OF THE WAY AND HAD QUITE A PLEASANT JOURNEY!!!
ANYWAY WE CAME TO HAMPI ON THE ADVISE OF A FRIEND AND WOW IS IT AWESOME THE ACTUAL TOURISTY SIGHTS CAN BE SEEN IN A DAY OR TWO BUT TODAY WE WENT DOWN AND HUNG OUT WITH THE WASHING WOMEN AND MEN BATHING AND BEING JON, BANKSIA AND THE BOYS WE TOO JUMPED IN... MIND YOU THE ONLY TOURISTS.
WE'VE ONLY JUST GOTTEN OUT AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR WATCHING THE WOMEN WASH THEIR SARIS AND THE MEN HOLD ONTO EACH OTHER FROM THE BANK AND QUICKLY JUMP IN AND OUT. WE WATCHED THE TEMPLE ELEPHANT THIS MORNING HAVING IT'S MORNING BATH AND SHOWER (LITERALLY SHOWER) PEOPLE WITH BLESSINGS... WE HOWEVER JUST HUNG BACK AND WATCHED I FINALLY DEICDED TO USE THE KIDS AS AN EXCUSE AND PUT THEM IN THE WATER AND SLOWLY EDGED CLOSER TO THE ELEPHANT LYING TOTALLY SUBMERGED UNDER WATER GETTING A WASH BY HER CARETAKER... SLOWLY SLOWLY...WE EDGED CLOSER..SLOWLY, SLOWLY... UNTIL FINALLY WE GOT TO PAT HER AND THEN WATCH HER STEAL THE BOYS BANANAS MUCH TO KINGY'S DISGUST... HE HAS TAKEN TO HOLDING... NOT EATING... BUT HOLDING A BANANA IN EACH FAT LITTLE FIST.
WE WALKED UP THROUGH SOME OF THE AMAZING TEMPLES AND ENDED UP FINDING SOME CHEEKY MONKEYS AND FEEDING THEM OUR BANANAS... LATER ON OUR WALK WE CAME ACROSS SOME MORE AND THOUGH BANANALESS ONE JUMPED UP ONTO XAVO'S LAP..HE DIDNT PAT IT AS WE'VE WARNED HIM ABOUT CHEEKY MONKEY BITES BUT IT SAT THEIR CONTENT ON HIS LAP NONETHELESS.
I THINK WE WILL BE HANGING OUT HERE FOR A WEEK I COULD QUITE HAPPILY SEE MYSSELF JOINING THE WASHER WOMEN CLEANING OUR CLOTHES AND HALF SUBMERGED KEEPING MYSELF CLEAN AND COOL, THE KIDS SLIDING DOWN THE EDGE OF THE ROCKS INTO THE WATER, WATCHING JON CONVERSE WITH THE MEN IN THE SHADE OF AN ANCIENT TREE WATCHING THE WIDE RUNNING RIVER AND HANGING OUT WITH PEOPLE WHO DON'T NECCESSARILY HAVE MUCH BUT WANT FOR NOTHING. WHAT AN EXISTANCE PLEASE ANYONE COMING TO INDIA COME HERE IT IS AMAZING...
XAVIE EVEN SAID THIS MORNING HE LOVES INDIA AND WOULD LOVE TO LIVE HERE ALTHOUGH WHEN PRESSED NOT NECCESSARILY FOREVER.
XAVIE THINKS HES THE ANIMAL WISPERER AND HAS ALL ANIMALS ALL SHAPES AND SIZES COMING TO HIM FOR PATS, CHICKENS, DOGS, CATS, MONKEYS, COWS, AND ELEPHANTS....WHAT A LIFE AND KING DOESN'T KNOW WHERE HE IS BUT IS IN HEAVEN..
WE SHARE A DOUBLE BED BETWEEN FOUR.... WITH FLY NET AND ALL...... AND ARE HAPPY.
WILL KEEP YOU POSTED
LOVE THE BOYS AND BANKSIA
Hello you guys ,,,,,, Totally loving your travel tales cause you guys are in it...so good to hear all the rich and different experiences you are having with the boys.. tell kingy to keep his bananas in his pocket and tell xavie to bring me home a monkey... Rosie and fatso are good and loving their beach walks.... fatso has lost so much weight she can run for more than 20 metres and rosbud has nearly cured lucas' skin condition ....keep safe you're precious....Love always dad and mum
ReplyDeleteHi again how long are you guys staying in Hampi ??????? what about a new story,,,,,,We went down to gas' and jewels on the weekend with mum and dad we all read your posts and gave them your blog..are you organizing any photos.. speaking of which we just got xavies school photos in the mmail... he looks beautiful and hansome ...hello are we talking to ourselves hope to hear from you soon luv us
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